Last Monday (3), Rita Serrano, president of Caixa Econômica Federal, announced a Credit line for people with disabilities. The credit will help finance wheelchairs, prostheses, hearing aids, among other equipment.
The announcement took place at the inauguration of the new members of the National Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Conade). According to Rita Serrano, the line should be launched this April and will lend from R$ 5,000 to R$ 30,000 for the purchase, maintenance and repair of assistive technology products and services.
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The credit line will have cheaper interest rates than the market, with a subsidy from the federal government. The rates will be 6% per year for those who earn up to five minimum wages and 7.5% per year for those who earn between five and ten minimum wages. Interested persons may apply for credit directly at Caixa branches. The installments can be paid in up to 60 months (five years).
In addition to the equipment already mentioned above, borrowers will also be able to finance the maintenance, overhaul, adaptation of properties and vehicles and the repair of assistive technology products and resources.
Conade had new members sworn in this Monday. Holders and alternates of 11 ministries took office. In addition to them, there is an alternate member of the National Federation of Associations of Parents and Friends of the Disabled (Apaes), as a representative of society.
Silvio Almeida, Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship, signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement (ACT) with the National School of Public Health of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), which will expand access to universal health rights by people with disabilities, guaranteeing their rights.
In addition, the resumption of the Reviver sem Limite Program was also announced, which integrates actions in education, health, citizenship and accessibility, and the creation of a working group on biopsychosocial assessment of deficiency.
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